by Jay | Nov 5, 2021 | Classical Guitar Basics
10th Year Anniversary Edition: I’m revisiting some of my best old posts on playing guitar. Enjoy! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about some of my most recent discoveries in guitar playing and teaching. My work with polarities, going deeper into how they...
by Jay | Nov 5, 2021 | Classical Guitar Basics, Classical Guitar Lessons, Classical Guitar Methods, Classical Guitar Teachers, Classical Guitar Technique, Teaching Blog Post
10th Year Anniversary Edition:I’m revisiting some of my best old posts on playing guitar. Enjoy! There are thousands of ways to play guitar, and most of them aren’t “classical,” by any stretch of the imagination. Why would anyone choose to play...
by Jay | Nov 4, 2021 | Blog, Guitar Lessons, Teaching Blog Post
Music Theory? Why Should I Care? 10th Year Anniversary Edition:I’m revisiting some of my best old posts on playing guitar. Enjoy! I was never much of a music theory whiz. Music theory was required for music majors—lots of music theory—and it always...
by Jay | Nov 3, 2021 | Blog, Guitar Lessons, Teaching Blog Post
The True Instrument You Must Learn (according to Dr. Firgus-Fortuna Zelfrumzinger Bones) 10th Year Anniversary Edition:I’m revisiting some of my best old posts on playing guitar. Enjoy! When you learn to play an instrument like the classical guitar there’s...
by Jay | Nov 2, 2021 | Blog, Classical Guitar Basics, Guitar Lessons, Teaching Blog Post
10th Year Anniversary Edition:I’m revisiting some of my best old posts on playing guitar. Enjoy! I’m reading a book called Guitar Zero, by Gary Marcus, a cognitive scientist who decided he was going to fulfill his dream of playing guitar at the age of 40,...
by Jay | Nov 1, 2021 | Classical Guitar Basics, Guitar Lessons, Teaching Blog Post
10th Year Anniversary Edition: I’m revisiting some of my best old posts on playing guitar. Enjoy! ——Disclaimer: I’m not a doctor! I’m not a tendinitis expert! If you have lingering pain or some other issue with your hands that really concerns you , and just...
